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Published in: 50.50: NewsDes femmes protestent contre « la culture du viol et l'impunité » au Sénégal
« On est là pour que la culture du viol cesse, on est là pour que la justice fasse son travail », déclarent les...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: FeatureSouth African radical-Right groups are mobilising against anti-LGBTIQ+ campaigns
Some conservative groups are trying to block a long-awaited Hate Crimes Bill, which has been urgently called for by...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsWomen protest ‘rape culture and impunity’ in Senegal
‘We are here to make the culture of rape stop, for justice to do its work’ say women after a series of high-profile...
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghans left to pick up the pieces of the West’s failed war
As the Taliban rapidly expand in the shadow of US and NATO allies’ retreat, has anyone considered the impact on...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHospitals across East Africa offer controversial anti-gay counselling
Six-month openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘degrading and discriminatory’ treatment at health centres in Kenya,...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureAfrican activists show how churches can make space for queer people
Undeterred by threats and claims that they are ‘un-African’, these activists are making Christianity more inclusive
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAnti-gay ‘therapy’ offered at Uganda health centres run by aid-funded groups
Major hospitals also offered undercover reporters counselling to ‘change’ their sexual orientation. Health experts...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAid donors to investigate anti-gay ‘therapy’ revealed by openDemocracy
Major NGOs that run clinics in Kenya and Tanzania also pledge action against ‘abhorrent’ practices to ‘change’...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNo matter how far HMS Queen Elizabeth sails, it won’t make Britain great again
Naval posturing in the Indo-Pacific is the image of futility as the world’s most deadly security threats rage on
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s healthcare system, like its politics, neglects the poorest in society
Recruiting patients from disadvantaged areas to regulate services would put power into the hands of ordinary people...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCOVID-19 is a bigger threat than war. So why isn’t it funded the same?
With rising mutations, catastrophe looms unless powerful states stop being so inward-looking and cooperate to...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsFeminist groups demand action to ‘stop anti-rights infiltration’ at the UN
Global organisations call on UN agencies to ‘stop access to decision-making’ for opponents of women’s and LGBT...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy the Isis hit on Boko Haram leader is a warning shot to global security
The terror group accelerates as it becomes clear that leaving Afghanistan to the Taliban’s control could backfire on the West
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEU stands firm with Big Pharma against COVID vaccine patent waivers
New research reveals how Brussels puts companies’ profits ahead of millions of people’s lives worldwide
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Published in: Home: OpinionCracks in the Middle East’s stability grow wider as US influence wanes
With the region experiencing social unrest, greater influence of Russia and China, and Israel’s increasing...
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Published in: ourEconomy: NewsWhy is a company accused of looting diamonds back in Zimbabwe’s mines?
A Chinese-Zimbabwean military venture has been handed one of the country’s most lucrative diamond-producing blocks,...
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Published in: Home: OpinionNew stage of remote warfare further diminishes military accountability
Thousands of boots on the ground have been replaced by multiple deployments of smart bombs that stay under the radar...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionUganda’s sexual offences law is a bitter lesson for the women’s movement
Why did women MPs support a new law that entrenches oppression?
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionCan worsening economies and increasing repression herald a new Arab Spring?
North Africa today is reminiscent of the period leading up to the 2011 uprisings. Tensions are further aggravated by...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: AnalysisCOVID-19 has transformed Somaliland’s remittance lifeline
Remittances were projected to crash at the start of the pandemic, but in Somaliland COVID-19 created an opportunity...